diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ba856b3..7b5dd6e 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 ---
+# if you are interested in adding extra packages... do it here!
 packages_extra: []
 # - foo
 # - bar
-upgrade_packages_to_latest_version: false
+
+# do we want the latest package version or just upgrade manually?
+upgrade_packages_to_latest_version: true
+
+# add eth zurich apt source
+add_ethz: true
+
+# we use vim!
+editor_is_vim: true
+
+
+# version management
 submodules_versioncheck: true
diff --git a/tasks/editor.yml b/tasks/editor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cafd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tasks/editor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+- name: vim is our editor
+  become: true
+  alternatives:
+    name: editor
+    path: /usr/bin/vim.basic
+  when: editor_is_vim | bool
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index de226cb..fdc1134 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ---
 - include_tasks: versioncheck.yml
-  when: submodules_versioncheck|bool
+  when: submodules_versioncheck | bool
+
+- include_tasks: editor.yml
+  when: editor_is_vim | bool
 
 - name: Install common base packages [Debian]
   become: yes